Phrases you don’t hear enough on social media: Good point I could be wrong You could be right I respect your point of view I’d like to know more Let’s figure this out I don’t know Let’s think this through…
Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751) was a Baroque composer of great stature and influence. Sadly, a great deal of his music has been lost over time, including about 80 operas. Judging from his surviving work, those operas, for which he was renowned…
Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554-1612) was an early Baroque composer, highly respected and influential in his time. His music is beautiful. Here are a few wonderful examples.
Recently I discovered Lagavulin, a single malt Scotch whiskey made famous by Parks and Recreation character Ron Swanson. Lagavulin is made on the Scottish island of Islay, an area renowned for producing what is called “peaty” Scotch. You can tell…
G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) wrote a weekly column for The Illustrated London News from 1908 to 1936. I compiled the quotes below from my reading of these essays, which were compiled by Ignatius Press in Volumes 27-37 of The Collected…